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羊腸小道

简羊肠小道 · 繁羊腸小道

Mandarin · pinyin yáng cháng xiǎo dào

road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road
fig. complicated and tricky job

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羊: yáng · sheep, goat; Kangxi radical 123
腸: Look up this written character
小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
肠: cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage

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2–2–3–4 · yang2 chang2 xiao3 dao4

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joeng4 coeng2 siu2 dou6

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(idiomatic) narrow and twisted path

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